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New sat images show Russian vessels fleeing Black Sea ports

Ukrainian drone attacks have also prompted Russian patrols and harbor defenses, according to BlackSky images.

  • Patrick Tucker
Threats

The D Brief: Air raid on Kyiv; WH responds to House defense bill; Estonia’s drone hotbed; US crime falls; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

The D Brief: More aid to Ukraine; NATO to up military goals?; Gaza pier running again; China’s latest aircraft carrier; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Science & Tech

Missile threats are proliferating. Here’s how the Pentagon is trying to keep up

A booster tweak might improve an anti-ICBM weapon while a next-gen missile-spotting constellation comes online.

  • Patrick Tucker
Threats

The D Brief: Shells trickle into Ukraine; Navy hunts for sub builders; ICBM’s rising cost; ‘Climate hell’; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

The D Brief: Russia’s resiliency; B-1 over Korea; Dueling budget proposals; New border limits; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

The D Brief: Strikes inside Russia; Big ammo orders; Nakasone on ‘cyber force’; DOD skips primes for new drone; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson, Bradley Peniston and Lauren C. Williams
Threats

How Russia-, China-linked actors use OpenAI for disinformation

American AI tools are boosting disinformation around the world. That has the makers of those tools concerned.

  • Patrick Tucker
Threats

The D Brief: US, allies OK Ukrainian deep strikes; Houthi targets, struck; SECDEF meets Chinese counterpart; Navy wants more tech contests; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

The D Brief: Putin, rattled; Gaza pier ops, suspended; F-35 crashes; Army’s drone experiments; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

The D Brief: Israel advances amid global outcry; 15 die in Russian strike on garden store; US pols visit Taiwan; US IO is ‘weak’; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Science & Tech

Losing hearts and minds: The desperate state of US influence operations

The United States is surrendering ground to Russia and China’s propaganda machines. That has key officials increasingly worried.

  • Patrick Tucker
Policy

US plan may boost NATO arms production for Ukraine

Money would also go toward Ukrainian defense industry and undercutting Russian arms sales.

  • Sam Skove
Threats

The D Brief: China encircles Taiwan with ‘punishment’ drills; UK DM says China is helping Russia in Ukraine; New Raider photos; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Lauren C. Williams
Threats

The D Brief: House NDAA markup; Army leaders reject drone branch, for now; Experimentation at Space Force; Support for two-state solution grows; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
Ideas

How to win in Ukraine: pour it on, and don’t worry about escalation

The Biden administration has been too cautious. There’s still time to change that.

  • Andrew Radin
Threats

DOD: Russia’s use of Starlink will be a ‘continuous problem’ in Ukraine

The Pentagon and SpaceX have been working together to shut off Russia’s use of Starlink.

  • Audrey Decker
Threats

The D Brief: Gaza mediators’ frustration; Ukraine’s latest plea; War-in-space race; China tapping ocean cables?; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

'Fast movers': Chinese satellites zoom around for inspections—or interference

In a previously unreported incident, one of China's maneuvering satellites was tracked and approached by a Russian one.

  • David D. Chen and Peter W. Singer
Policy

Defense One Radio, Ep. 154: Behind the rise in global defense spending, Part 3: The wider world

In the final episode in a three-part series, we revisit the guns-vs.-butter debate and take another look at the consequences of Washington's "porcupine" strategy for Taiwan's defense.

  • Ben Watson
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